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Friday, January 18, 2013

Free M/M Romance Erotic E-Book; Adam Goldberg Full Frontal Nude Scene

I'll post more about this over the weekend, but I decided to do a promotional thing with Jonah Sweet of Delancey Street, and it will be offered on Amazon as a free e-book starting January 19, 2013. It will be free for a week. I actually wanted to extend it, but there's only so much Amazon will let you do and you have to play by the rules. But I'm looking into that.

In any event, here's the Amazon link. As I said I'll post more over the weekend to make sure the information gets out. As a reader, I actually take advantage of these free author promotions all the time and I have four free e-books on my e-reader that I haven't even started yet. So when it comes to promotions like this I try to think like a reader as well.

And now, because it's Friday and it's been a long week, here are a few links about a topic I find interesting: male full frontal nudity. And it's not that I find it interesting for sexual reasons. There's no shortage of male full frontal in the adult entertainment industry and I can go to any web site I want to see it if that's what I choose to do. If I really want to, I can see as much male full frontal nudity as I want in real life as well. However, I have always found it interesting that there seems to be a double standard in mainstream films (and everywhere) with regard to male full frontal nudity.

It all depends on how you look at it, no pun intended. We always tend to see more female nudity...even full frontal...than male nudity. There are people who think this is discriminatory toward women, they find it offensive in most cases, and they consider it the worst form of female exploitation in films. Basically, a lot of people think this objectifies women and gets men off the hook so to speak. And I wouldn't argue that point, because I do think most films, ads, and anything in mainstream tends to objectify women and misrepresent them. "They've" been doing this for years and it doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon.

But I find gay men being misrepresented all the time, too. And objectified in ways people aren't even aware of. But that would be another post. What I really find interesting is that male full frontal nudity has always been so taboo. I know some who would argue with the point that we don't objectify men as much as we do women, at least not straight men. But I've always wondered about whether or not it went deeper than that. People behind the scenes in mainstream media care only about one thing: money. And when money is involved they will objectify and exploit anyone they can. Think politicians and how they exploit on a daily basis, and get away with it. In other words, I don't think they care if men are objectified or sensationalized with full frontal. Yet they don't do it because it is so taboo.

And then, in some cases, I think full frontal nudity, male or female, works if it is related to the scene...or if it moves the scene forward. There's really no definition for this. But I could compare it to a few full frontal scenes I've seen on TV shows like "Shameless." This show always seems true to its title: "Shameless." And each time there have been any nude scenes, it's always been a shameless scene. I don't think that's exploitation or misrepresentation. It's being true to the story and not holding back. Then, as I've mentioned before, there's the size factor with male full frontal. Very few male actors with small penises will do it, and that makes things even more complicated. Because if a scene calls for male full frontal the size of the actor's penis shouldn't matter. Yet it does.

I could go on for pages with this topic. And I'll get into it again in the future after I learn more about censorship in TV and films. But below are a few more links about full frontal nudity and male actors who have done it. Some of them surprised me. I didn't even know they'd done it. As a side note, I'm also told a lot of these full frontals are done with stand-ins and prosthetics, but I don't think that's the case with these three links.

Second Chance: The Complete Series

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Ryan
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Hybrid author of over 100 published modern romance novels and stories, including AN OFFICER AND HIS GENTLEMAN, FANGSTERS, THE RAINBOW DETECTIVE AGENCY and best selling VIRGIN BILLIONAIRE SERIES. (The profile photo isn't very good, but it's really me and it's recent from 2017. I'm not supposed to be a photographer. )
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Second Chance: His Only Choice

Second Chance: The Sweetest Apple

Cowboy Christmas Miracle Glendora Hill Series

The Littlest Christmas Tree

Book 2 Second Chance Series

Best Seller on Allromanceebooks.com

Bad Boy Billionaire: The Actor Learning to Love

I won't give out any spoilers, but this is the first time I've ever worked the attacks on the World Trade Center into a novel (you can see the twin towers in the background on the cover)...it's also the first time I've ever written a strong lesbian theme into the subplot.

The Women Who Love to Love Gay Romance

An Anthology with Ryan Field Press, release date August 30, 2013...links to follow soon.

Fangsters: Clan of the Jersey Boys

At a glance, Anton Pagano looks and sounds just like any other twenty-something. He lives in a mansion in northern New Jersey with his mom and dad, and he's never had to worry about anything other than his wardrobe, his latest new car, and the secret love affair he's been having for years. However, Anton has more than just the love affair to hide: he belongs to a Sicilian vampire mobster clan that migrated to New Jersey in the late 1800s.

The Wall Street Shark

Third installment of the Bad Boy Billionaire series.

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That Cowboy in the Window

Erotic Gay Romance with a twist.

Chase of a Dream

In this 59,000 word unabridged version of the sequel to "Chase of a Lifetime" that contains all of the original erotic scenes, Jim Darling finally finds the happiness he's been chasing for so long. He and Len Mayfield have settled into a quiet routine in their small newly renovated home in the Hollywood Hills, and they enjoy every minute they spend together raising Len's toddler grandson, Culum Mayfied.

An Officer and His Gentleman

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Ravenous Romance

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Pretty Man

Unlike most stories, where the rich and powerful husband dumps the hard working, devoted life partner for someone younger, this one takes a turn in the opposite direction when the rich husband is the one to get dumped. But with young Josh's help, Roland learns in less than a week's time that his future can still hold both earth-shattering sex and a love of real substance.

Whatever, Dude

When a young professional is mistaken for a hooker, the outcome is always shocking.

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